I Wish I Didn’t Have To Hide My Depression Bria Barrows “ I wish I didn’t have to hide my truth, my pain, my journey, my story, my life.
Here’s How Anthony Bourdain And Kate Spade’s Deaths Affect Someone With Depression Alexandria Brown “ Mental health conversations have gone a long way but we’re not there yet. This is evident by the huge losses we had this week.
10 Reasons Why We Absolutely Need To Be Talking About Mental Illness Megan Lawrence “ One in five people in the United States live with a mental illness.
How My Struggle With Mental Health Has Made Me A Better Person Anonymous “ In my eyes, the most significant aspect of mental health disorders is that no person’s symptoms are exactly like another’s – yet there is still a common ground that we can all relate to – pain. Pain is shared experience.
Fighting The Stigma: Let’s Talk Suicide, This Is My Story Sade Andria Zabala “ No matter how much society has claimed to be enlightened, people still don’t understand what it is to be depressed, suicidal, anxious, or mentally ill.
It’s Time To Break The Stigma Of Mental Health In Student Athletes Becca Martin “ You can’t see depression like you can see a broken arm. You can’t touch anxiety like you can touch a sprained ankle. You can’t see mental illness so we pretend it isn’t there, we pretend that for a few hours a day that it isn’t there, but it is. It’s there and it’s real.
This Is What Your Friend With Anxiety Actually Wants You To Say Becca Martin “ That’s the thing about anxiety, no matter how irrelevant your problems seem to other people you can’t just make them disappear. They want someone who understands, not someone who tries to fix them and change them.